Figurative Lang. & Reading Poetry

A figure of speech which involves a comparison between two unlike things, using the words like or as.

• metaphor
• simile
• idiom
• hyperbole

Gives human characteristics to an animal, object, or an idea

• simile
• imagery
• alliteration
• personification

An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect.  It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point.

• oxymoron
• imagery
• hyperbole
• idiom

Refers to an expression that cannot be matched or directly explained word-for-word in another language.

• idiom
• hyperbole
• personfication
• alliteration

First consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words.

• imagery
• alliteration
• idiom
• simile

The use of words that imitate sounds.

• imagery
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• simile

Language that appeals to the senses.  Descriptions of people or objects stated in terms of our senses.

• alliteration
• idiom
• simile
• imagery

A comparison between two unlike things using a form of be, such as, are, was, or were.

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• oxymoron

The use of contradictory words that together create a new meaning but individually the words are contradictory.

• imagery
• alliteration
• metaphor
• oxymoron

The firecracker made a loud ka-boom!

• idiom
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia